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British Airways selling 747 Club World return flights for £999 return

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Today, as you have probably heard as the well-oiled British Airways PR machine is operating at full effectiveness, the final two British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft left Heathrow for the last time.

We will have some photographs tomorrow.

British Airways is selling 747 Club World seats for £999 return

To commemorate the event, British Airways is making 747 return Club World seats available for £999 each.

BA 747 retirement

See here for details.

The airline is not being hugely helpful as to where you find them. The easiest way is probably to use the Low Fare Finder tool on the British Airways website here.

We know that participating destinations are:

“Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Charleston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Ney York, Orlando, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose (California), Tampa, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Cancun, Islamabad, Lahore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Dubai, Muscat, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Mauritius, Male, Seychelles”

Minimum stays are required. You won’t see the £999 fares unless you meet the following criteria:

“a. Saturday night stay is required for travel in Club World from London to Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Charleston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Ney York, Orlando, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, San Fransisco, San Jose (California), Tampa, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Cancun, Islamabad, Lahore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cape Town, Mauritius, Male, Seychelles.
b. 3 night minimum stay is required for Dubai, Muscat, Tel Aviv”

In terms of dates:

“selected outbound travel dates between 01 November 2020 and 31 March 2021. All travel must be complete by 31 March 2021.”

We only received this information from British Airways a few minutes ago (10.53am) so all of the seats should still be there.

Full details are on this page of ba.com.

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  • Louise K says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:22

    Can someone just confirm these flights would be covered under the BWC?

    • Harry T says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:30

      Yes, anything booked before 13th October 2020 for travel dates up to 31st August 2021 is covered. Probably worth making a copy of the terms and conditions.

    • Rob says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:47

      Yes

  • ChrisC says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:22

    In not so good news it looks like the BRU/LUX cheap flights have now gone

    • Harry T says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:34

      I’m glad I booked some!

    • Adrian says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:41

      Yes, they were gone by tea time yesterday, but they were around for 9 days. Flyertalk is great for monitoring these deals, if you like bargains are are flexible with EU start points premium fare deals and tier point runs threads give you some great ideas!

    • Jerrry Butler says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:31

      Why waste money going to BRU/LUX first Christopher? In any case Brussels has highest Covid infections of any capital city in Europe except Madrid at present.

      • Jonathan says:
        8 Oct8 October 15:47

        Exactly! I’d been flirting with the LUX deal but held off as it added another layer of uncertainty. Now essentially the same deal has popped up from LHR I’ve happily rolled the dice on Cape Town end of January & California end of March. 10 days for both with car hire at less than £1k per person (& only £350 deposit) is a no brainer. Creative routing to LA via JFK (600TP’s) will get me over the line for Gold again & 60+k Avios for each booking takes net price down even further.

        Yes it’s 50/50 but I’m not going to lose sleep or money on either booking so why not?

      • ChrisC says:
        8 Oct8 October 16:21

        My name is not Christopher. Don’t you dare assume anything about me. Not the first time you;ve done this so just STOP.

        If I did this route it would only be in a quick transit doing a back to back. Plus it would be next year when things would be very different.

        Also the savings in starting in Europe can be significant even allowing for the cost of positioning flights.

        • Jerrry Butler says:
          8 Oct8 October 18:21

          @ ChrisC Apologies but pleading not guilty I’m afraid, not assuming anything other than you are having a bad day and/or are highly strung. But to your point, I agree that savings are there to be made flying from Ex UK destinations, but currently these are negated by relatively high positioning flights.

          • ChrisC says:
            8 Oct8 October 18:44

            You assumed my name was ‘Christopher;’ when it isn’t. I find that insulting when you know nothing about me.

            It’s not about having a bad day but about respecting peoples names.

            Perhaps you are the one having a bad day or are highly strung?

            Oh and the price of positioning flights is not that high to BRU/LUX. Heck if you are near London you can even get the train to BRU.

          • babyg says:
            8 Oct8 October 20:22

            relax Chris*.*

        • Jerrry Butler says:
          8 Oct8 October 19:07

          @ChrisC You can accept the apology if you wish, or not. We can agree to disagree on the cost of positioning flights, a thank you is in order as you have given me a good laugh with your hissy fit today.

        • Jess Hilton says:
          12 Oct12 October 19:27

          My God Chris you have some serious issues.

      • Harry T says:
        8 Oct8 October 16:25

        If you wanted to book for August next year and get very cheap J tickets to upgrade to first, then LUX and BRU were your friends this time.

  • Adrian says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:27

    Whether this is a mirage or it really happens, the book with confidence is what makes it work.
    I’ve booked 2 x LAS at £974 pp for March, but i really have nothing to lose. BA is my airline of choice, generally they have been good with refunds (esp. lately) and normally i will fly 5-6 times a year.
    Outcomes
    The flight operates and we are not allowed in, i can cancel for a voucher
    The flight doesn’t go and i get a full refund (or re-booked later in the year if that is an option)
    The flight goes and i get a lovely holiday

    Worst-case scenario BA gets a short term loan, I’m ok with that.

    • stevenhp1987 says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:42

      I was looking at LAS plus hotel – around £1,200 for flights + 7 nights in Caesars Palace end of March. ~ £1,350 with a car.

      Tempted… but a week in Vegas if there’s no shows yet would be a tad boring…

    • Genghis says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:18

      +1 I booked Cape Town for the three of us for mid-late Feb and that was my thinking.
      @Rob thanks for the heads up on this.

  • Paul says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:30

    Managed to get LHR-PHX in Jan for 12 days for £974 each, on hold at the moment whilst we see if it’ll work for us. Felt it was worth a £20 punt. Also managed to change a 241 Amex next year and save 57750 avios. All still slightly improbable at the moment but suddenly feeling the love for BA.

  • Simon CH says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:50

    I wonder if the USA will open its borders before mid next year.
    So likely these flights will not go ahead.
    Also what other requirements will be needed?
    Tests and certificates etc??

    I guess BA needs cash flow for now, so this is a good way to get some.
    Great offer, if it was for late next year.

  • Louise K says:
    8 Oct8 October 15:02

    Can seem to get anything near these prices starting from MAN.

    • Axil23 says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:07

      Louise have a play about with the arrival and departure airports. I couldn’t get a return to work from EDI but departing EDI and return to LHR lowered the price.

    • Helen says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:32

      My flights + a week’s car hire to CPT were an extra £120 from Glasgow.

  • Graeme says:
    8 Oct8 October 15:45

    So if you book flights and add a hotel, it’s classed as a holiday and only a deposit is required and that deposit is refunded via a voucher if you cancel under the guarantee? If you book flights only, it is paid fully up front and if you cancel, it is refunded via vouchers, do I have that right?

    • Jonathan says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:54

      Essentially, yes. Definitely worth turning into a holiday as it commits far less cash until the stage that you’ll know one way or another if you’re going. Plus I’m not going to struggle spending a £350 voucher with BA before April ‘22 whereas £2k needing to be spent could force you into an overpriced booking down the line.

      • Graeme says:
        8 Oct8 October 16:01

        Excellent, thanks Jonathan.

        • Graeme says:
          8 Oct8 October 16:41

          Although, it does appear as far as I can make out, that deposit’s aren’t refundable on flight plus hotel bookings. It’s not very clear though.

          • Jonathan says:
            8 Oct8 October 20:00

            Not in normal times but they are covered under Book With Confidence for bookings made by 13th October so you can get your deposit back as a voucher.

  • Vit says:
    8 Oct8 October 16:00

    CPT or SEZ in Feb? Looking to combined both valentine and my birthday. Partner is not a big fan of beach but could do with some relaxing in warm weather. Never been to southern hemisphere — guessing it would be late summer over there?

    • Rhys says:
      8 Oct8 October 16:01

      Seychelles is more of a beachy destination. CPT is great but not really a lay-by-the-pool all day kind of place…

      • Vit says:
        8 Oct8 October 16:15

        Thanks Rhys. Would love to visit a friend in the US but it is just not too appealing at the moment to me even in 6 months times. Will do a bit of research into CPT and as other reader suggest try to book it as holiday.

        I’ve never booked holiday package through ba before; if we get to go can we cancel the one night hotel booking later on? or it will depend on T&C of the hotel?

        • Jonathan says:
          8 Oct8 October 20:04

          99% sure you can’t cancel the hotel although you can change it for a fee. Either way, 1 night hotel or a small car for a week is often same price or cheaper than flight alone plus you get the added benefits of deposit, bonus Avios, ATOL & much better UK based customer service. Plenty of people add a car or cheap hotel on with no intention of using it.

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